Sleepy students need a later start to school (Press-Register Sound Off)

Less ZZZ's lead to more F's: I read where a new major study came out talking about how students perform in school. The earlier they start in the day, the worse it is on them. Growing kids need rest. We need to make it where school doesn’t start until at least 8:00 in the morning like it used to be.

View full sizeA study released last week by the University of Minnesota concluded that teenagers who can sleep later before starting the school day have better test scores and grades along with fewer car accidents. (Michelle Kumata/Seattle Times)

Divorce court could be dangerous to your wallet: I like the questionnaire about “Do you have experience with Alabama prison systems to share?” I would like to see a survey done on “Do you have bad experiences with the Mobile County domestic relations court judges who rule unfairly?” They don’t even do equitable division of property. Depending on whom the attorney is, and if it’s a man for one of the judges, he gives him everything. It is like women have no rights. Alabama is really behind the times. That court should be investigated thoroughly and a few judges should be thrown out. Uncle Sam can't do it all: I’m really amazed at the rest of the world. I heard one news commentator say that people in China were concerned because the U.S. wasn’t doing enough to find this lost plane. We are only one country in the whole world. We are not the world’s policemen or the world’s provider of good for everybody. Come on rest of the world, get with it.

Old times there best forgotten: I see that we have a story in the paper this morning about Russia and its hostility with Ukraine. That’s been going on for four to five hundred years now. We shouldn’t be sticking our nose in their business.

Start spreading the news: As a long-time subscriber to this newspaper from 1965; I’m very disappointed that there is nothing in the paper this weekend about the Irish Cook Off in the square on Saturday. Also, there is nothing about the parades on Monday. I also see nothing about the Azalea Trail Run next weekend. What kind of news are we getting? Proper patrolling a thing of the past?: One of the biggest problems for police departments these days is a very simple fact that they do not know how to patrol. The actual getting out on the streets patrolling that we knew a policeman of the past to do. They should patrol the streets, know the streets, know the people up and down the streets, and the activities the people are involved in. That’s the only way you know how to prevent crime is be proactively patrolling the streets to start with.

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